Horse hay-rake



(No Model.)

PM 0. BINGHAM.,.'

HORSE HAY RAKE.

No. 287,613. Patented 001:. 30, 1883.

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,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERTO. BINGHAM, or SIDNEY, oruo HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,613, dated October 30, 1883.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ROBERT O. BINGHAM, of Sidney, Shelby county, Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sulky Hay- Rakes, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to improved means for enabling the driver to dump the rake.

' I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a sulky hay-rake embodying my improvements, the implement being shown in its dumping condition. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, showing the parts in their working condition. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lever-yoke.

To the under side of the axle A, at the ends thereof, are screwed or bolted angle-irons B, whose vertical limbs B have slotted orifices b for shanks c of spindles G of the groundwheels D; The saidshanks c are screw-threaded for nuts E, by which said spindle may be secured at any desired elevation in said slots,

and by so doing the rake-teeth be held at any desired proximity to the ground.

To the axle or rake-head A are made fast the rake-teeth F in any customary or approved way, so that their tips, when in working position, are vertically under the axle, the rake-teeth being elevated just enough to pass over the ground without entanglement with its asperities. Suchelevation is made permanent by screwing home the nuts E, aforesaid,

Hinged or coupled to the axle or rake-head A is a pair of thills, G, having cross-bars III, which support a longitudinal timber, J, to which is pivoted a lever, K, that is coupled by rod L with an arm, a, which projects upward from the rake-head. The lever K plays within a slot, m, in the yoke M, the notches m enabling the operator to secure the lever, and consequently the rake-teeth, in any desired position. I

Avpplieation filed November 20,1ss2. (No model.)

Hinged to the crossbar I at one end, and to stirrup N, having hinge attachment to the axle 0r rake-head A at its other end, is abar, 0, having a slot, 0, in which is adjustably secured by the nutted bolt 1? the leg Q of the drivers seat R.

When the operator wishes to dump the rake, be simultaneously presses the lever K forward and his body rearward,and in so doing par tially rotates the axle or rake-head A forward, so as to lift the teethF backward and upward clear of the ground, and discharge whatever may have been collected upon them.

The slot 0- enables the setting forward or backward of the drivers seatto suit the weight of the driver. The seat being set back for a driver of light weight enables him to act with greaterpurchase or leverage in the rearward thrust of the seat, and by so doing to dump as heavy a load as may be desired. 7

I am aware that the drivers seat in sulky hay-rakes has been made adjustable, and I therefore disclaim novelty in such adj ustability, separately considered.

I claim herein as new and of my'invention- In a sulky hay-rake, the combination of a gang of dumping rake-teeth, F, the thill-frame ROBERT O. BINGHAM.

Attest:

GEo. H. KNIGHT, SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

